DENNIS: There are rites of pre-spring I go through every year that tell me my second or third favorite season is just around the corner. This year, we spent part of a rainy February Saturday (is there ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This is a sedum mat. It works basically like sod but instead of thirsty ...

Trying to choose the best types of sedums for sustainable gardening is enough to make you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Whether sprawled like carpets of color amidst rocks or bobbling delicately ...

Succulents are wildly popular with beginning gardeners and seasoned horticulturalists for good reason. They come in a dazzling diversity of forms, colors and varieties and don’t need to be fussed over ...

Designing a beautiful landscape can be exciting. That is, until you realize the maintenance most plants require. Although tending to a garden can work wonders for your mood, you might want to spend ...

It is lemon season in the South and The Garden Guy couldn’t be happier. This lemon is not the sweet and tart kind, however. Spring is the ideal season for Lemon Coral sedum. This succulent knows no ...

When you think of succulents like cacti and agave, do you imagine open expanses of dry desert, whispering tumbleweeds, and the foreboding screech of hawks? If so, it's probably because most succulents ...

It was 1999, and Becky Sell, of Salem, needed some extra cash to pay for her upcoming wedding. So she took up her mother's backyard hobby of cultivating succulents, and started selling the trendy ...